[UPDATE] King of Fighters XIII Steam Edition Beta Extended Until September 6, Now Open to Pre-Orders

UPDATE – The closed beta is now open to anyone who has pre-ordered King of Fighters XIII on Steam, so restart your client and check it out!

In an effort to get the game out in the best state possible, SNK Playmore have announced that the closed beta for the King of Fighters XIII Steam Edition will be extended until September 6. They will be giving away more beta keys on their KOF-i Facebook page as well as rolling out a new update for the beta.

Fixes in beta v.5 are focused mostly on improving the netcode as well as addressing some UI issues. We have a complete list of the fixes below.

Korean text fix in the Command List explanation screen

Netcode quality improved

Delay icons in room search and lobbies should be more accurate now (also, no more speaker icons)

LK+HP macro should be working now

King of Fighters XIII Steam Edition is scheduled for release on September 13.

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